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Friendships and social skills
Making friends can be harder for some kids than others but there are ways you can help develop your child's social skills to ensure they can build healthy friendships now and in the future.
How to talk to children about grandparents with dementia
Helping children understand why their grandparent can no longer remember their name is a hard conversation to have, but here are ten practical tips to help guide you.
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Hugs lift our mood, so why do they still feel so awkward?
While it may sound like something from the 1970s, hug therapy is actually growing in popularity.
Dads are happier than mums - and this is why
Parenting brings fathers more joy than it does mothers, according to a new large study. And the reasons why will surprise precisely no one - well not mums, anyway.
The increased stress felt by working mothers has finally been measured
Research has found working mothers who say they feel super stressed are speaking the truth, as if we ever doubted it ...
'Shrinking villages': why it's vital our kids have an adult network
As parents, we can't be all things - and that's not bad.
Ageing: When your partner asks if there is seating at a Lily Allen concert
Age. It happens. But sometimes you see it before you feel it.
Please include fathers when making social arrangements for children
Most families have a point person for arrangements about children. It’s often the mother, but we shouldn't assume.
We're not OK with how our child's grandfather 'corrected' her
He grabbed our 4-year-old and screamed at her for misbehaving. We think it was wrong, he thinks she deserved it.
Is there a 'good' age for parents to divorce? Yes and no
As a child of divorce, he says the younger the better. As a divorced mother, she says there is no good time.
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How parents can help teenagers make and maintain good friendships
Navigating friendships as a teen can be hard. Parents can help by modelling good behaviour and making sure their teen feels they can talk to them about their friendships.
When we hate on bridezillas, what’s really going on?
'Culturally, things that are disproportionately enjoyed by women are frowned upon. I’m unquestionably guilty of it – of often dismissing things women like.'
When you love your daughter but you can't live with her
One mother's unlikely path to repairing her relationship with her daughter.
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